The results are in and it was a nail biter but in the end it was Conchita Wurst from Austria who is taking home the trophy and gets to host the 2015 contest. This is Austria’s second victory, their last win was in 1966 so the country (and fans) are overjoyed. She finishes with 290points. We would like to congratulate …

The Opening Ceremony for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark took place yesterday. Between 18:00 and 20:00 the beautiful artists from all 37 participating nations walked down the Red Carpet, so Olivia and Matt from ESC United were able to briefly talk a lot different acts. This is part 1 of our Red Carpet Interview coverage with the …

The fabulous Conchita Wurst took time out of her busy schedule to talk to ESC United. She will take part in the Second Semi Final next Thursday (May 8th). Find out what she has to say and follow the convo here. [vsw id=”yXTdoqk-jms” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]

Every year our “Expert” Panel comes together to judge all entries for the Eurovision Song Contest and they’re back to take apart the 2014 entries and rank them accordingly. While their characters and comments may be wacky, the scores are dead serious. All 7 panelists will comment on the song and rank them accordingly giving it points using a scale …

In Spetember 2013, Conchita Wurst was announced as the representative of Austria in for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest by national broadcaster, ORF’s internal selection. Conchita had attempted to represent Austria in 2012 and ended 2nd in the Austrian final with the song ‘That’s What I Am’. Today Austria became the 36th country to reveal its song for Copenhagen, the …

Conchita Wurst is not receiving a lot of love from several conservative groups including the All-Russian parenting Group. The singer was internally selected by the Austrian broadcaster to represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Russian Ministry for Communications received a petition to ban the broadcast of the Eurovison Song Contest in Russia from …

One-third of Austria’s entry into the 2000 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, Rounder Girls, has died. Lynne Kieran, who, alongside band members, achieved Austria a 14th place, has passed away. Thoughts are with her family, friends and of course her band mates. Lynne Kieran, who lived a healthy life of 53 years, born in 1960 in London, has died …

This is the press release by Markus Tritremmel – OGAE Austria for the fanclub meeting that took place recently. You can contact him at marcos_tritremmel@hotmail.com .   On october 19th, for the first time an Eurovision winner entered the stage at an OGAE Austria fanclub meeting. The 1973 winner Anne Marie David was the star and highlight of a great …

The content of this editorial does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board or its readers. Once news broke on Twitter of Conchita Wurst’s participation in Copenhagen for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, I immediately knew that I could expect tons of unwarranted hatred for Austria’s choice. When someone who doesn’t look like the …

The content of this editorial does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of ESC United, its editorial board or its readers. Less than 24 hours ago, it was leaked that Austria will be represented by the gender-bending act known as Conchita Wurst. And within those 24 hours, Conchita has managed to stir up quite a bit of commotion amongst …